One-Upping Felix

Where there’s a world record, there’s a person waiting to break it. And after Felix Baumgartner’s 24-mile skydive Sunday, Conan O’Brien wouldn’t let the Austrian daredevil claim all the glory. He dreamed up a new Guinness record, one strikingly reminiscent of Felix’s in terms of preparation, sponsorship and pressure, but completely opposite in one key way: he launched the world’s shortest skydive, from just four inches up.